Riedl to coach part-timers Laos

BANGKOK - Three-times Vietnam coach Alfred Riedl has taken over as boss of strugglers Laos, with a Vietnamese club paying his salary, the Austrian said on Friday.

Published

10 July 2009

Riedl, 59, who became a football icon in Vietnam after steering them to the 2007 Asian Cup quarter-finals, will coach the under-23 team ahead of the Southeast Asian Games (SEA) in December, which cash-strapped Laos is hosting.

"They couldn't score a single goal at the last SEA Games two years ago in Thailand," the former Austria Vienna and Royal Antwerp striker said in an e-mail.

"We want better results - that's it."

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